“I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: time
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We are sinful not only because we
“We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life. The state in which we are is sinful, irrespective of guilt.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: knowledge
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Youth is happy because it has the
“Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: beauty
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Not everyone can see the truth, but
“Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: truth
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In theory there is a possibility of
“In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: happiness
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Sensual love deceives one as to the
“Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do so alone, but since it unconsciously has the element of heavenly love within it, it can do so.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: alone
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God gives the nuts, but he does
“God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: god
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The experience of life consists of the
“The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: experience
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Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage,
“Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: marriage
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Sensual love deceives one as to the
“Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do so alone, but since it unconsciously has the element of heavenly love within it, it can do so.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: nature
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Suffering is the positive element in this
“Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: positive
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